Rock Band 2 Latest News - Xbox 360

Game Description:NOTE: Gameplay requires a drum, microphone, or guitar controller. Rock Band is compatible with most music game controllers. Game does not include drum, microphone, or guitar controller with rental or purchase.Rock Band writes another chapter in gaming and music history with this follow-up to its mega-popular opening act. Rock Band 2 cranks the volume even higher with new features and five decades of killer music. Challenge friends and play the world's most prestigious venues in new Battle of the Bands Mode. Complete Tour Challenges to unlock new sets, and come back to tricky songs, thanks to a nonlinear structure. An improved World Tour Mode lets you play any instrument while managing every aspect of your career. Then a new Rock Shop lets you find the perfect look. Plus, the game is fully compatible with any Rock Band tracks you've already downloaded.

Rock Band 2 News

According to Harmonix, poor-selling music franchise Rock Band is not dead. That, of course, doesn't mean we should look forward to Rock Band 4 this holiday season, but it does mean DLC will continue to be supported.
“We’re supporting our community, we’re not going away: Rock Band’s not dead,” said Harmonix's John...

Harmonix isn't releasing a new Rock Band game this year -- our living rooms and plastic instrument-storing closets thank the developer for that -- but its been maintaining a steady pace in the DLC department. Weekly additions to the game's song catalog continue to arrive, and this week marks 3,000 available downloads in the Rock Band Store.
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I realize that no one plays Rock Band anymore, and that the novelty song "Pac-Man Fever" was released before many of you were born, but don't let those facts dissuade you from downloading and playing the hell out of this ridiculous "classic" from the old-school arcade days. That's right, "Pac-Man Fever" is finally...

Pop sensation Lady GaGa just will not leave games alone! Last week, we learned of "GaGaville," a Lady GaGa themed Farmville tie-in. Next week, a track pack of Lady Gaga songs will be appearing on the Rock Band Network for your downloading pleasure.
Not only that, for fogeys like me, Foreigner's "Urgent" and "Hot...

It's the holidays and that means mistletoe, rum cake and lawsuits! Yesterday, we learned that some of the founders and shareholders of Rock Band developers Harmonix are suing their parent company Viacom over profits from the Rock Band franchise. Today, Viacom has responded.
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The fallout from Viacom's decision to sell Rock Band developer Harmonix has begun falling out. Former shareholders, including Harmonix founders such as Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, filed a U.S. lawsuit against Viacom, alleging the media company is not paying out bonuses owed.
The lawsuit says that the suit was filed to "recover damages...

Keyboard players, it's time to celebrate: Twelve tracks from seminal L.A. rockers The Doors are coming to the Rock Band Network on October 26. We already knew about three day and date, free DLC tracks that will correspond with the launch of Rock Band 3, but the nine new ones are an amazing tour of some of the biggest hits of one of the biggest...

Jimi Hendrix-loving Rock Band fans will soon have a fresh batch of downloadable tracks from the legendary rock guitarist to virtually shred to, as Harmonix and MTV Games will be adding 12 tracks from Hendrix’s landmark album Are you Experienced to their ever growing catalog of killer tunes.
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Next week, older music gamers are in luck: Proto-college rock innovators R.E.M. and glam-rock superstars T-Rex both have tracks coming to the Rock Band Network. The R.E.M. tracks demonstrate the awesome taste of MTV Games when it comes to Rock Band track selection. Rather than focus entirely on the band's hits, the selections also draw from...

Way back in 2008, we brought you the word that Konami was suing Harmonix, alledgeing that Rock Band infringes on Konami's music game patents. The case has been settled. The terms of the settlement have not been revealed, but all claims and counter-claims have been dropped, and both companies can now continue making video games (and...

It's official: Every frat-boys' favorite record album, Bob Marley's Legend will be available on the Rock Band Network next week. It's almost the full album, missing only "Get Up, Stand Up," which will be available as an on-disc track in Rock Band 3 when it launches on October 26.
The tracks below will be Available on Xbox 360, Wii and...